Vintage hose nozzle: 28,900 ppm lead.
#LeadedBrass
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Tested with an XRF instrument.
All yellow brass hose and gardening components I have tested have been very high lead like this one (and also can have contaminants like mercury and arsenic.)
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Brass Walmart hose nozzle (2017): 39,500 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe & illegal in items intended for use by kids.
Hose nozzle: 39,500 ppm lead.
New on the shelf at Walmart in August of 2017
Tested with an XRF instrument.
All yellow brass hose and gardening components I have tested have been very high lead like this one (and many also have contaminants like mercury and arsenic.)
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Red Vintage Pyrex Food Storage Container With lid: 310,000 ppm Lead + 14,200 ppm Arsenic + 33,200 ppm Cadmium
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#OngoingDrama: An email from Richard at Ceramcor today, and my response.
#LeadedChristmas
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#Leaded: Glazed Ceramic Christmas Stocking Desk Decoration, by TriCoastalDesign.com
Ceramic stocking (desk top decoration) by TriCoastalDesign.com:
Lead: 33,200 +/- 1,300 ppm
Cadmium: 3,258 +/- 249 ppm*
When I test an item like this and find a high Lead level on one color, I don't bother testing each of the additional colors because "that's enough!" I am also ...
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Royal Norfolk Ceramic Snowman Christmas Mug: 1007 ppm Lead + 539 ppm Cadmium (90 ppm Lead, 40 ppm Cadmium is unsafe)
This Royal Norfolk "Made in China" snowman mug tested positive for Lead and cadmium at the following levels (note, the year of manufacture is unknown, however, I don't believe this is very old).
Here's a link to this exact piece on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Qnone7.
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Functional Ceramic Christmas Snowman Teapot: 30,200 ppm Lead
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This little Christmas snowman teapot tested positive for Lead (Pb) at 30,200 +/- 900 ppm.
The year of manufacture is unknown. This item was tested in 2018 with an XRF instrument.
Full XRF Reading (Toxicants):
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Lucerne Foods Holiday Christmas Food Storage Canister: 5,441 ppm Lead in the decorative glazes (90 ppm Lead & up is unsafe for kids).
This Lucerne Foods cookie jar/food storage container was positive for lead at the following levels when tested with an XRF instrument:
Outside Glaze: 5,441 +/- 189 ppm lead (Pb)
& 150 +/- 16 ppm cadmium (Cd).
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Inside Glaze: 159 +/- 33 ppm lead (Pb).
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2017 Walgreens Ceramic Christmas “Not Intended For Children” Santa Mug: 1,657 ppm Cadmium (40 ppm is unsafe)
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Vintage (Made in Japan) ceramic Santa Claus Christmas mug: As high as 5,077 ppm Lead
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#Leaded: 1963 Hardcover Printing of “Volume 14 of The American Heritage New Illustrated History Of The United States; The Roosevelt Era”
Most vintage books have at least some amount of lead. The amount of lead that is considered toxic in a modern item manufactured and intended to be used by children is 90 ppm or higher in the coating (or paint) and 100 ppm (or higher) in the substrate.
This 1963 printing of "The Roosevelt Era" (a ...
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#LeadFree: (Surprise!) 1968 Paperback Copy of “Al Jaffee Spews Out Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions”
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Ask Tamara: What books do you read to your kids?
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Question: What books do you read to your kids?
Answer: Having children with disabilities makes everything challenging. Something a simple as reading a book to them at bed-time can end up in a downright brawl if we are not careful.
As a compromise I have found that books-on-tape ...
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